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Old Thu Oct 03, 2013, 01:08pm
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
Unless the player injured was trying to use the head as a weapon by presenting it top first, that's not true. The risk of serious neck injury is far greater from flexion than from dorsiflexion. Dorsiflexion is what results from the head's being bent back, i.e. a front hit, while flexion results from the head's being bent forward, i.e. a hit on the back of the head.
Honestly not understanding why you're continuing to argue this... you're barking up the wrong tree.
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